What I did for beer today

[Brushwood Brewing]

1. Bottled my rye saison hop sampler.
2. Dug a hole for a trellis pole in the garden, to finally plant some hops this year.
3. Smiled big when I came down to the basement and saw my local yeast starter, made from spontaneously fermented beer from a local brewery that has since shut down, was bubbling.

 

[mac_1103]

Hoping to strike early!

While the iron is hot? Or does that belong in the "don't do that" thread?

 

[day_trippr]

It belongs in the "Not Gonna Happen" thread

Cheers! (Do we have one of those? )

 

[govner1]

I was a steward for the Peach State Brew Off (PSBO) for my third session.
I ended up managing 4 judges with 4 groups being judged, 16 beers, that culminated in a mini Best of Show judging.
Overall, a good day.

 

[grampamark]

Pulled a gravity sample of the Cream Ale I brewed last month. OG was .040. Sample tasted great.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Milled 11.5# grist for a small batch of wheat wine by hand… beer was my gym today. Brew day tomorrow.

 

[Deric]

… beer was my gym today.

 

[bracconiere]

Milled 11.5# grist for a small batch of wheat wine by hand… beer was my gym today.

i thought that kind of gym exercise only was good for guys? just makes women fatter?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yeah, I broke a sweat.

 

[ArielSchwatrz]

I actually registered on this forum to learn more about beer brewing today. Does that count?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I actually registered on this forum to learn more about beer brewing today. Does that count?

Yes I guess that does count! Welcome to the forum, from Long Island NY!
I mashed in the grains for a wheat wine about half an hour ago.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

i thought that kind of gym exercise only was good for guys? just makes women fatter?

Any exercise that gets the blood moving is good for the brain too… just sayin’.

 

[brewbama]

I bottled three styles (4 bottles ea) and boxed 6 bottles (2 ea) for NHC First Round. I am saving 2 ea bottles of each style to 1) drink 1 ea on the day of judging to see/smell/taste what the judges are experiencing and take notes and then again 2) drink 1 ea when I get my scoresheets to see/smell/taste to see if I can discern the judges feedback compared to my notes.

 

[BrewZer]

I actually registered on this forum to learn more about beer brewing today. Does that count?

Yew betcha.

Tasting the Hubig's Revenge from the unrefrigerated box to check carb & clarity.

 

[grampamark]

Kegged a Cream Ale. This must be the palest beer I’ve ever made. The sample tasted fine, and the lite beer drinkers will think it’s great, but I probably should have added a little Munich or Vienna (Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Oats and table sugar).

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Brew day interrupted… second runnings first hop edition 30 minutes ago.

 

[JAReeves]

Boxed for shipping the beers for NHC2023. Cheers to all who sent in brews!

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Moved my wild ale up from the basement so the temperature can free rise

 

[ba-brewer]

Dropped off some beers for a local contest, 4th try to get a ribbon for my mild and strong bitter.

They are forecasting a week of rain so I got out and brewed a 3gal batch of Lager, fancy local malted pilsner malt with old school cluster hops.

 

[bellhp]

Bottled a gallon of "Dobby the house Bitter"

 

[South Arm Brew]

Brewed a Cold IPA with our brew club Sunday, bottles my NHC beers up and shipped them on Monday. Cleaned my brewery floor (garage) to prepare a brew on Friday ESB.

Having fun!

 

[BrewZer]

Drove 4.5 hours to hand-deliver my entry to NHC 2023. Good luck to all participants, and the judges, who have to taste whatever's put in front of them!

 

[seatazzz]

Been a bit lax around here lately; had the flu earlier this week (still getting over it) and not much done for beer. Mead, however, is an excellent thing to have when you're sick. Busy gal today, exchanged my 5lb co2 tank, kegged off my Comet Ale (an Elysian Men's Room Original Ale clone, kinda), and dry hopped the NEIPA for a competition coming up. Next I'm milling grain for the WF lager I'll brew tomorrow, and ferment on Lallemand Novalager. Was supposed to do it last weekend but forgetful me forgot about the 5th beer for the competition that still had to be brewed.

 

[grampamark]

Kegged a Blonde Ale after driving home in a nasty blizzard.

 

[day_trippr]

Playing the suspense card, eh?
Well done, you have me hanging

 

[grampamark]

The weather in the northern part of the state has been particularly wintry this week. I mentioned yesterday that we were involved with an agricultural trade show which is going on this weekend. My wife and I went to town (25 miles away) this morning, fulfilled our obligations, and beat feet back to the farm before the already nasty storm got worse, which is predicted. I thought about taking a picture but it would have just looked like a blank, white screen. Wind blowing about 40 mph directly across the highway and visibility not much more than a few feet in front of the bumper. Twice I put the window down and watched the edge of the road on my side because no sign of the highway was visible through the windshield.

Days like this are the reason we’re retiring to the city. This isn’t a bad place to live but the remoteness and frequent bad weather make it an undesirable place to grow old.

 

[bellhp]

retiring to the city

can I talk you out of that?

 

[JAReeves]

I'm worried about our family in the San Bernardino Mountains. Last week the snow line was 1000', this week 9000'. With the rainstorms we are getting (6+" in 24hrs.), they are expecting a lot of snow (10+feet deep) to turn to water, increase the weight of snow and crush buildings, and cause floods all down the mountains. We need the drought to be over, but sheesh, this is a little more than Californian's are prepared for. Do you guys in the regularly snowy areas get houses exploding from gas leaks and stuff when it's a blizzard?

 

[grampamark]

can I talk you out of that?

No. “Rural” takes on a whole new meaning when you get as far out in the weeds as we are.

 

[grampamark]

I'm worried about our family in the San Bernardino Mountains. Last week the snow line was 1000', this week 9000'. With the rainstorms we are getting (6+" in 24hrs.), they are expecting a lot of snow (10+feet deep) to turn to water, increase the weight of snow and crush buildings, and cause floods all down the mountains. We need the drought to be over, but sheesh, this is a little more than Californian's are prepared for. Do you guys in the regularly snowy areas get houses exploding from gas leaks and stuff when it's a blizzard?

We don’t see houses exploding because when it snows a lot the wind blows a lot and houses don’t get buried. Our roads get blocked and we might not be able to leave the yard for a couple of days but houses don’t explode or collapse because the snow is usually moving, not piling up on roofs.